Pump-rod connector.



M. HARTNER.

PUMP ROD CONNECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1914.

Patented J 11116 1, 1915 A TTOH/VEVS THE NORRIS PETERS C11. PHOTO-L|THO-. WASHINGTON, DV 1 MATHEW HARTNER, 0F HERNDON, KANSAS.

PUMP-ROD CONNECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed July 6, 1914. Serial No. 849,132.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MATHEW HAn'rnnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Herndon, county of Rawlins, and State of Kansas, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pump-Rod Connectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pumps, and especially to that type employed in connection with wind-mills, and the main object thereof is to provide a connection between the wind-mill and pump which may be quickly and easily made operativeor inoperative.

It frequently happens that it is desired to manually actuate the pump, as when there is no wind to turn the mill or when the water supply by the mill is not as great as desired, in either of which conditions it is necessary to disconnect the pump from the mill, and such disconnection is also necessary when the mill is turning and no water is desired, and it was to meet these conditions that my invention was conceived.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accom- .nving drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which 7 Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my invention in operative position, connecting the lift of the wind-mill with the valve stem; Fig. 2 is a similar view with my invention in inoperative position, permitting independent movement of either the mill. pump, or both: Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a view of my invention in position with respect to a wind-mill pole and a pump.

In the drawings forming a part of this application I have illustrated a pump 10,

having the usual valve stem 11 vertically movable therein and a handle 12 whereby said stem may be manually operated and, when used in connection with the lift 13 of a wind-mill, said pump is anchored to the support thereof by meansof rods 14:.

My invention, in the form shown, consists of a plate 15 secured to the pole 13 by means of bolts 16, or equivalents, said plate having a guiding recess 17 for the valve-stem 11, and with a hook-shaped member 18 which is provided withan elliptical opening 19 therethrough, and the vertical support for said member 18 is provided with an opening 20 therethrough in line with the opening 19 and opening into the recess 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Rotatably and slidably arranged in the openings 19 and 20 is a pin 21, having a thumb-piece 22 whereby it may be turned, the inner end of said pin being round, as shown at 23, where it rests in the opening 20, the portion of the pin adjacent the thumb-piece being elliptical, as shown at 24, of a size permitting its passage through the opening 19 when so turned as to register therewith, and the pin being peripherally recessed at'25, between the portions 24 and 25, for engagement with the forked end 26 of a plate spring 27 secured to the plate 15, as shown at 28, and the normal tendency of the spring 27 is to force the pin 21, or the portion 23 thereof, into the guiding recess 17. v

The valve stem 11 is guided in the recess 17 and is provided with an opening 29 therethrough in such position as to be brought into register with the opening 20 in the upward and downward reciprocation of the mill pole 13, or of the stem 11, and, if the pin 21 be in such'position that the elliptical portion thereof registers with the opening 19, the spring 27 forces the pin against said valve stem until said pin jumps into the stem opening 29, thus locking the pole and valve stem together and assuring pump actuation during the mill actuation. If, how ever, it is desired to disconnect the valve stem from the mill pole, all that is necessary is to withdraw the pin 21 from the opening 20, and, in order to maintain such disconnection, the pin is drawn outwardly sufliciently far so that the elliptical portion 24 is free of the elliptical opening 19 and then rotating the pin through an arc of approximately 90 degrees to arrange the elliptical portion 24: of the pin transversely across the elliptical opening 19, as shown in Fig. 5, and the pin is then looked against any inward movement by the spring 27, thus preventing engagement of the pin with the valve stem.

In view of the above it will be seen that the pin 21, being in permanent connection with the mill pole, cannot be mislaid or lost, and is always ready for use, the connection or disconnection of the pump with or from the mill pole being instantaneously performed and, because of the few parts used,

order to require repair.

While I have shown my invention in direct connection with the valve-stem, I do not limit myselfthereto as I may also 'connect the samewith the pump handle, if desired, and I may also make various changes in and modifications of the details of construction shown, within the scope of the following claim, without departing from the spirit of my invention, or sacrificing its advantages. With such reservation to my self,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure bv Letters Patent, is V The combination, of a pole, a rod provided with an opening in the upper end thereof, a guide for said rod carried by said pole and having a hook-shaped member thereon provided with an elliptical opening therethrough, said guide having a circular opening'therethrough on the axis of said elliptical opening, all of said openings being in the same vertical plane, a pin slidable in said guide openings provided with a cylindrical section rotatable in said guide openings and with an elliptical section slidable in said elliptical section and prevented from rotation when therein, said pin having a peri 'heral roove intermediate its len th and P a: g

a plate spring secured to said guide and en gaged in said peripheral groove, within the I hook-shaped member, whereby said spring limits the movement of said pin in either direction, said elliptical pin section maintaining said pin in outermost position when arranged transversely of, said elliptical guide opening, and said spring maintaining said pin in innermost position when said elliptical pin section and said 1 elliptical V V MATHEW HARTNER,

WVitnesses; a. a

' MEIKYZECKER,

F. H. DRATH.

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